Waiting Alone

Waiting Alone 2005

独自等待 dúzì děngdài

An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspiring author who feels that he's met his dream girl (Li Bingbing). The only problem is, he seems stuck in the friend-zone. Aided by his best friends and the one girl he completely trusts (Gong Beibi), he tries different ways to woo her...

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3.98 Beginner Director Dayyan Eng IMDb 7.3

Cast

Xia Yu Xia Yu Chen Wen Li Bingbing Li Bingbing Liu Rong Gong Beibi Gong Beibi Li Jing Gao Qi Gao Qi Haitao Wu Chao Wu Chao San Gao Yalin Gao Yalin Li Liang Tu Songyan Tu Songyan Sun Zi Dayyan Eng Dayyan Eng Ian Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Fa Ge (cameo) Yuan Quan Yuan Quan Xiao Mi (cameo)

Vocabulary

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第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
好玩 好玩 hǎo wán amusing; fun; interesting ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
回事 回事 huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
几点 幾點 jǐ diǎn what time?; when? ∼HSK 1
下飞机 下飛機 xià fēi jī to get off a plane; to deplane ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
昨晚 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
想见 想見 xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
不太好 不太好 bù tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
什么的 什麼的 shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
也就是 也就是 yě jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
白吃白喝 白吃白喝 bái chī bái hē to freeload ∼HSK 1
茧子 繭子 jiǎn zi callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子 ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
在地 在地 zài dì (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
小女 小女 xiǎo nǚ my daughter (humble) ∼HSK 1
电驴子 電驢子 diàn lǘ zi (dialect) motorcycle ∼HSK 1
说到 說到 shuō dào to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
到时 到時 dào shí at that (future) time ∼HSK 1
真爱 真愛 zhēn ài true love ∼HSK 1
两下 兩下 liǎng xià twice; for a little while ∼HSK 1
三八 三八 sān bā International Women's Day, 8th March; foolish; stupid ∼HSK 1
有钱人 有錢人 yǒu qián rén rich person; the rich ∼HSK 1
一来 一來 yī lái firstly,... ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
早起 早起 zǎo qǐ to get up early ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
明天见 明天見 míng tiān jiàn see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
后话 後話 hòu huà something to be taken up later in speech or writing ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
第二天 第二天 dì èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
小事 小事 xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
脑 腦 nǎo brain ∼HSK 1
走出 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) ∼HSK 1
这天 這天 zhè tiān this day ∼HSK 1